Unlike�hactivists LulzSec's recent posting of a false news story on the PBS Newshour website, any hardware hacker could build a "hidden" Newstweek device to distort news on wireless networks. Plus there is a web interface to configure the man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, making it easy to modify keywords or sentences, and thereby create fake news reports for people reading the news at Wi-Fi hotspots.
Yes there are many ways to intercept Internet traffic or pull off a MITM attack, but that does not mean "average" users knows how to do so. The Firefox browser addon Firesheep is one of the easiest "canned" tools for the clueless, so an attacker can sniff and capture a user's unencrypted cookie information, HTTP session jacking, allowing anyone to become an Internet griefer. For a little bit different take on how to mess with people's minds, there is Newstweek to manipulate the news people are reading at wireless hotspots. For those who like to tinker with hardware, break out the soldering iron because building a Newstweek device just got easier with a detailed how-to post - starting with hardware, software, firmware, installing, and remote controlling the Newstweek device.
Part of the amusing disclaimer states, "Installing network modifying devices on a LAN you don't own, without permission, is probably illegal in most countries, unless you work for government."
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